loreleikelly
@loreleikelly.bsky.social
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Civil Society Field Hearings: Create a local Congressional Record —build accountability & control the data for self governance in your community constitutionaldefense.us/appendices-1
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The Justice Department has sued 24 states and DC for refusing to turn over their complete, unredacted voter files. The lawsuits are part of an alarming and unprecedented attempt to seize states’ authority over elections.
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Trump Administration Has Sued More than 20 States for Refusing to Turn Over Voter Files
The Justice Department’s attempts to collect sensitive voter information are part of a plan to interfere with elections.
www.brennancenter.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The Justice Department has sued 24 states and DC for refusing to turn over their complete, unredacted voter files. The lawsuits are part of an alarming and unprecedented attempt to seize states’ authority over elections.
bit.ly/49HOmCY
bit.ly/49HOmCY
guys, I know if feels like we've hit a new low with the racist spew on the White House social media. But the biggest sleeper hit on streaming is about gay hockey players in love and Bad Bunny is playing the Super Bowl. Culture is coming in like a cavalry. 💪
February 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
guys, I know if feels like we've hit a new low with the racist spew on the White House social media. But the biggest sleeper hit on streaming is about gay hockey players in love and Bad Bunny is playing the Super Bowl. Culture is coming in like a cavalry. 💪
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No one considers a prison their home.
Yet prison gerrymandering counts incarcerated people as residents in places they don’t call home, giving power to regions of the country and elected officials who do not value their concerns.
Yet prison gerrymandering counts incarcerated people as residents in places they don’t call home, giving power to regions of the country and elected officials who do not value their concerns.
February 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
No one considers a prison their home.
Yet prison gerrymandering counts incarcerated people as residents in places they don’t call home, giving power to regions of the country and elected officials who do not value their concerns.
Yet prison gerrymandering counts incarcerated people as residents in places they don’t call home, giving power to regions of the country and elected officials who do not value their concerns.
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Donald Trump and Republicans forced the ACA tax credits to expire, causing health care premiums to double and families to drop coverage altogether.
Millions may drop ACA coverage — and raise health insurance costs for everyone else
Some experts warn of a potential "death spiral" in the Affordable Care Act marketplace if young, healthy consumers drop coverage amid soaring costs.
www.cnbc.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Donald Trump and Republicans forced the ACA tax credits to expire, causing health care premiums to double and families to drop coverage altogether.
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The president’s tariff taxes and reckless trade policies have driven up input costs and closed vital markets that American farmers depend on.
Republicans in Congress could put an end to this failed experiment today—but they refuse to stand up to the president.
Republicans in Congress could put an end to this failed experiment today—but they refuse to stand up to the president.
🚨 BREAKING: USDA just revised 2025 net farm income DOWN by $25 billion.
That's the Trump administration's own data confirming what farmers already knew: the American farm economy is in crisis. But sure, keep telling us it's the "Golden Age" of agriculture.
That's the Trump administration's own data confirming what farmers already knew: the American farm economy is in crisis. But sure, keep telling us it's the "Golden Age" of agriculture.
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The president’s tariff taxes and reckless trade policies have driven up input costs and closed vital markets that American farmers depend on.
Republicans in Congress could put an end to this failed experiment today—but they refuse to stand up to the president.
Republicans in Congress could put an end to this failed experiment today—but they refuse to stand up to the president.
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”HOME SWEET & COLD HOME.”
Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social
The horrific destruction of Ukrainian power plants, people are freezing.
NO HEATING.
NO POWER.
NO WATER.
Russia is a terrorist state!!!
#StandWithUkraine 💙💛
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• So who's on the menu? •
Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social
The horrific destruction of Ukrainian power plants, people are freezing.
NO HEATING.
NO POWER.
NO WATER.
Russia is a terrorist state!!!
#StandWithUkraine 💙💛
Thread 1/15🧵🇪🇺🇺🇲🇷🇺🇨🇳
• So who's on the menu? •
February 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM
”HOME SWEET & COLD HOME.”
Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social
The horrific destruction of Ukrainian power plants, people are freezing.
NO HEATING.
NO POWER.
NO WATER.
Russia is a terrorist state!!!
#StandWithUkraine 💙💛
Thread 1/15🧵🇪🇺🇺🇲🇷🇺🇨🇳
• So who's on the menu? •
Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social
The horrific destruction of Ukrainian power plants, people are freezing.
NO HEATING.
NO POWER.
NO WATER.
Russia is a terrorist state!!!
#StandWithUkraine 💙💛
Thread 1/15🧵🇪🇺🇺🇲🇷🇺🇨🇳
• So who's on the menu? •
CIA terminates its world factbook. 🤦 www.yahoo.com/news/article...
CIA terminates its World Factbook, overthrowing reference regime
After decades of serving as a reliable, authoritative public repository of basic information about countries, their economies, and their people, The World Factbook disappeared from the internet on Feb...
www.yahoo.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
CIA terminates its world factbook. 🤦 www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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WTF? I'm a 50 year old man and as far back as I can remember, including when I was in high school it was *obviously* wrong and fucked up for older men to be targeting high school girls.
People claiming it's somehow normal are trying to cover for predators. This isn't some new way of thinking.
People claiming it's somehow normal are trying to cover for predators. This isn't some new way of thinking.
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
February 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
WTF? I'm a 50 year old man and as far back as I can remember, including when I was in high school it was *obviously* wrong and fucked up for older men to be targeting high school girls.
People claiming it's somehow normal are trying to cover for predators. This isn't some new way of thinking.
People claiming it's somehow normal are trying to cover for predators. This isn't some new way of thinking.
And there goes America’s nonpartisan civil service. Gift. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Expands His Power to Fire Federal Workers
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
And there goes America’s nonpartisan civil service. Gift. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
What a great public servant. Respect. Rest in Peace, Lee Hamilton (Indiana, ret.) wapo.st/4rTfdn5
Lee Hamilton, foreign policy leader in Congress, dies at 94
President Barack Obama called the Indiana Democrat “one of the most influential voices on international relations and American national security.”
wapo.st
February 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
What a great public servant. Respect. Rest in Peace, Lee Hamilton (Indiana, ret.) wapo.st/4rTfdn5
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This is yet another hostile attack in the Trump Administration’s relentless war against our civil service.
They want to make it easier to fire qualified public servants so they can replace them with MAGA sycophants who serve Donald Trump above the law and the American people.
They want to make it easier to fire qualified public servants so they can replace them with MAGA sycophants who serve Donald Trump above the law and the American people.
Exclusive: Roughly 50,000 federal workers would be easier to discipline or fire under a new Trump rule that reclassifies swaths of the government workforce.
Trump Administration to Make It Easier to Fire 50,000 Federal Workers
A rule expected to be completed on Thursday would create a government-employee category that offers fewer job protections.
on.wsj.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
This is yet another hostile attack in the Trump Administration’s relentless war against our civil service.
They want to make it easier to fire qualified public servants so they can replace them with MAGA sycophants who serve Donald Trump above the law and the American people.
They want to make it easier to fire qualified public servants so they can replace them with MAGA sycophants who serve Donald Trump above the law and the American people.
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This is what solidarity looks like! 💥
50+ Jewish orgs and synagogues are co-sponsoring T'ruah and @bendthearc's Jews Against ICE protest on 2/11 in D.C.
We won't stand idly by while ICE rips apart families and destroys lives. We want ICE out of our communities NOW.
truah.org/jewsagainstice
50+ Jewish orgs and synagogues are co-sponsoring T'ruah and @bendthearc's Jews Against ICE protest on 2/11 in D.C.
We won't stand idly by while ICE rips apart families and destroys lives. We want ICE out of our communities NOW.
truah.org/jewsagainstice
February 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This is what solidarity looks like! 💥
50+ Jewish orgs and synagogues are co-sponsoring T'ruah and @bendthearc's Jews Against ICE protest on 2/11 in D.C.
We won't stand idly by while ICE rips apart families and destroys lives. We want ICE out of our communities NOW.
truah.org/jewsagainstice
50+ Jewish orgs and synagogues are co-sponsoring T'ruah and @bendthearc's Jews Against ICE protest on 2/11 in D.C.
We won't stand idly by while ICE rips apart families and destroys lives. We want ICE out of our communities NOW.
truah.org/jewsagainstice
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This is now without question the biggest politico-financial scandal in United States history. Teapot Dome was trivial in comparison.
I was a little late to catch up with this WSJ kleptocracy story. We already knew Sheikh Tahnoon dropped $2b on World Liberty Financial to get Trump to let UAE import advanced chips. Now we learn Tahnoon also purchased 49 percent of World Liberty Financial.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This is now without question the biggest politico-financial scandal in United States history. Teapot Dome was trivial in comparison.
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New 25-page @centeronbudget.bsky.social paper from me summarizing the distributional, fiscal, and economic effects of One Big Beautiful Bill's tax cuts and cuts to health care, food assistance, student loans, and climate investments. 🧵
www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
Republican Megabill Trades Essential Support to Low-Income People for Skewed Tax Cuts
The sprawling megabill passed by the Republican-controlled Congress and signed by President Trump in July 2025 will redistribute trillions of dollars upward over the next decade, making it harder for ...
www.cbpp.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
New 25-page @centeronbudget.bsky.social paper from me summarizing the distributional, fiscal, and economic effects of One Big Beautiful Bill's tax cuts and cuts to health care, food assistance, student loans, and climate investments. 🧵
www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
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This is incredibly powerful testimony.
Ms. Rahman is very tough and clear and was treated horribly.
Warning: I can't watch it without tears of rage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW...
Ms. Rahman is very tough and clear and was treated horribly.
Warning: I can't watch it without tears of rage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This is incredibly powerful testimony.
Ms. Rahman is very tough and clear and was treated horribly.
Warning: I can't watch it without tears of rage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW...
Ms. Rahman is very tough and clear and was treated horribly.
Warning: I can't watch it without tears of rage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW...
Great organizing strategy, esp combined with deliberative tech. “State resolutions are not just symbolic gestures, the politics would be a significant mobilizing factor in the Democratic midterm strategy in elections” @SidneyBlumenthal attn: @metagov.bsky.social
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Opinion | Democrats have a constitutional power they aren’t using to fight back: state resolutions — Guardian US
State resolutions are underutilized right now and could be a significant mobilizing factor for the Democratic party
apple.news
February 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Great organizing strategy, esp combined with deliberative tech. “State resolutions are not just symbolic gestures, the politics would be a significant mobilizing factor in the Democratic midterm strategy in elections” @SidneyBlumenthal attn: @metagov.bsky.social
apple.news/ActiGuiylQqi...
apple.news/ActiGuiylQqi...
Building an organizational layer on mutual aid. How to create a popular assembly. Guide. www.corganisers.org.uk/training/lea...
A Guide to Popular Assemblies - Community Organisers
Proud to share Humanity Project’s new Guide to Popular Assemblies – a handbook to help communities come together to listen, connect, and act on what matters most.
www.corganisers.org.uk
February 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Building an organizational layer on mutual aid. How to create a popular assembly. Guide. www.corganisers.org.uk/training/lea...
Be aware: With the administrative subpoena, DHS is weaponizing bureaucracy against regular people www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Be aware: With the administrative subpoena, DHS is weaponizing bureaucracy against regular people www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Data brokers have created a data to violence pipeline that makes targetting public servants much easier www.wired.com/story/how-da...
How Data Brokers Can Fuel Violence Against Public Servants
A new report from the Public Service Alliance finds state privacy laws offer public servants few ways to protect their private data, even as threats against them are on the rise.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Data brokers have created a data to violence pipeline that makes targetting public servants much easier www.wired.com/story/how-da...
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Civil Society Field Hearings: Create a local Congressional Record —build accountability & control the data for self governance in your community constitutionaldefense.us/appendices-1
Civic Salon Presents
A Strategic Guide for
Organizing Civil Society Field Hearings
constitutionaldefense.us
February 3, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Civil Society Field Hearings: Create a local Congressional Record —build accountability & control the data for self governance in your community constitutionaldefense.us/appendices-1
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Fact check: the FBI has zero jurisdiction over state elections.
Zero.
Zero.
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Fact check: the FBI has zero jurisdiction over state elections.
Zero.
Zero.
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From trailblazers like Jackie Robinson and Octavia Butler, to the proud historic community of Altadena, California's 28th District has a rich Black history paved by incredible leaders, past and present, who have broken barriers and changed our nation for the better.
Happy Black History Month.
Happy Black History Month.
February 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
From trailblazers like Jackie Robinson and Octavia Butler, to the proud historic community of Altadena, California's 28th District has a rich Black history paved by incredible leaders, past and present, who have broken barriers and changed our nation for the better.
Happy Black History Month.
Happy Black History Month.
Civil Society Field Hearings: Create a local Congressional Record —build accountability & control the data for self governance in your community constitutionaldefense.us/appendices-1
Civic Salon Presents
A Strategic Guide for
Organizing Civil Society Field Hearings
constitutionaldefense.us
February 3, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Civil Society Field Hearings: Create a local Congressional Record —build accountability & control the data for self governance in your community constitutionaldefense.us/appendices-1
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📢 #CallForPapers for the 11th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data #Workshop!
Papers using text, audio, images, or other unstructured data are welcome.
Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer
Deadline: 13 March
cepr.org/events/11th-...
#EconSky
Papers using text, audio, images, or other unstructured data are welcome.
Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer
Deadline: 13 March
cepr.org/events/11th-...
#EconSky
February 2, 2026 at 1:44 PM
📢 #CallForPapers for the 11th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data #Workshop!
Papers using text, audio, images, or other unstructured data are welcome.
Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer
Deadline: 13 March
cepr.org/events/11th-...
#EconSky
Papers using text, audio, images, or other unstructured data are welcome.
Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer
Deadline: 13 March
cepr.org/events/11th-...
#EconSky
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18 impeachable offenses a day
February 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
18 impeachable offenses a day